All Members present are required to declare, at this point in
the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter;

(i)Any disclosable pecuniary interests and /
or

(ii)Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in
respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this
meeting

NOTES:

Members are reminded that they must not participate
in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary
interest

As well as an interest of the Member, this includes
any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the
Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the
Member is living as a spouse or civil partner)

Members with a significant personal interest may
participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that
interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial.

To answer any written questions
from residents or businesses within the area in accordance with
Standing Order 69. Notice should be
given in writing or by email to the Community Partnership and
Committee Officer by 12 noon, four working days before the
meeting.

Minutes:

There was one written question from Cllr
Rodney Bates. The question is recorded
in Annex B and will be responded to at the next meeting of the
Committee.

i)the progress with the ITS highways and
developer funded schemes, and revenue funded works for the 2018/19
financial year.

ii)the budgetary position.

iii)that a further Highways Update will be
brought to the next meeting of this Committee.

Reasons for decision:

To enable progression of highways related
works.

Minutes:

Declarations of Interest:
None

Officers attending: Andrew Milne, Area Highways Manager,
SCC

Petitions, Public Questions,
Statements:
None

The Area Highways Manger presented the
report. The AHM also gave a verbal
update on the proposed budget for 2019/20. The proposal is that the Capital Budget will
increase from approx £39,000 to
approx £180,000. However, the current revenue budget of
£168,000 will be cut. This will
have implications for Committee Members and Highways in managing
and maintaining roads and infrastructure, as the current budget
does not keep up with public and committee requirements.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) noted:

i)the progress with the ITS highways and
developer funded schemes, and revenue funded works for the 2018/19
financial year.

ii)the budgetary position.

iii)that a further Highways Update will be
brought to the next meeting of this Committee.

To receive a report on the UK
National Plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations
(2017), which identified the A331 Blackwater Valley Route (BVR) as
a road that would continue to continue to exceed the EU Nitrogen
Dioxide limit values in and post 2021.

A study found that the only
part of the A331 BVR that would not meet compliance by 2021 would
be the section between the Coleford
Bridge Road and Frimley junctions, where the Blackwater Valley Path
passes close to the road, particularly in the vicinity of The
Hatches and under the Farnborough-Woking railway line. The Study also identified that the only measure
that would best meet the terms of the Directive is one where the
speed limit on this section of the A331 BVR is reduced from the
national speed limit to 50mph, supported by average speed
cameras.

(i)An advertisement should be published for a Speed
Limit Order (SLO) to extend the current 50mph speed limit (and
revoke the existing 70mph limit) on the A331 BVR between the M3
junction 4 and A325 Frimley junctions to 100 metres south of the
Coleford Bridge Road junction;

(ii)Any objections to the revocation of the existing
70mph speed limit and resultant introduction of a 50mph speed limit
should be considered and resolved by the Area Highways Manager (NW)
in consultation with the Divisional Member, Chairman and relevant
Hampshire County Council officers and Members, and that this issue
only be returned to Committee if any objections prove
insurmountable;

(iii)
Once any objections have been considered and resolved, that the
order be made and the 50mph limit introduced with the expectation
that the current national speed limit of 70mph will be reinstated
once it can be assured that nitrogen dioxide levels will remain
compliant with these higher traffic speeds

Reasons for Decision:

The Commttee would usually look to the SCC
Speed Limit Policy before recommending a change in speed
limit. However, this decision enables
the County to react to the Government directive for Air
Quality. A decision to not proceed
could mean the County Council is fined.
The Committee therefore agreed the decision to proceed but noted
that talks would continue on air quality and enforcement of any
speed limit.

The Transport Studies Team
Manager presented the report. The
Committee discussed that this speed reduction did not fall within
the criteria of the SCC Speed Limit Policy, yet the Officer
recommendation was for the reduction in order to meet the
Government directive. Attention was
also drawn to the Police position on this. The Committee raised
concerns that the absence of any meaningful enforcement as
originally proposed would mean the effectiveness of the mitigation
measures would be significantly reduced.

It was agreed that the Committee would accept the
report and recommendations but that talks would continue to try to
resolve this and look at alternative options.

The
Local Committee (Surrey Heath) is asked to agree that:

(i)An advertisement should be published for a Speed
Limit Order (SLO) to extend the current 50mph speed limit (and
revoke the existing 70mph limit) on the A331 BVR between the M3
junction 4 and A325 Frimley junctions to 100 metres south of the
Coleford Bridge Road
junction;

(ii)Any objections to the revocation of the existing
70mph speed limit and resultant introduction of a 50mph speed limit
should be considered and resolved by the Area Highways Manager (NW)
in consultation with the Divisional Member, Chairman and relevant
Hampshire County Council officers and Members, and that this issue
only be returned to Committee if any objections prove
insurmountable;

(iii)
Once any objections have been considered and resolved, that the
order be made and the 50mph limit introduced with the expectation
that the current national speed limit of 70mph will be reinstated
once it can be assured that nitrogen dioxide levels will remain
compliant with these higher traffic speeds

Reasons for Decision:

The Commttee would
usually look to the SCC Speed Limit Policy before recommending a
change in speed limit. However, this
decision enables the County to react to the Government directive
for Air Quality. A decision to not
proceed, could mean the County Council is fined.

Surrey Heath Borough Council has secured
Enterprise M3 Local Economic Partnership funding of 3.5m towards
the improvement of the public realm in High Street, Knoll Walk and
Princess Way, Camberley.

As part of the improvements the parking,
disabled parking, servicing bays and taxi ranks will need to be
adjusted and relocated. A plan showing the proposed layout has been
produced so that the Local Committee can agree the new parking
layout and the necessary traffic regulation orders (TROs) can be
advertised.

(i)A notice is
advertised in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984,
the effects of which will be to allow the implementation of a
parking scheme in accordance with the plan shown at Appendix 1
(with the amendment of the 5 disabled bays to allow 3
on the Post Office side and 2 on the other side of the
road).

(ii)Agree that any objections to the traffic
regulation order should be considered and resolved by the Chairman,
Vice- Chairman and the Local Divisional Member in consultation with
the Transport development Planning Team Leader (West), and that
this issue only be returned to Committee if any objections prove
insurmountable.

(iii)Agree that the Order be made once any
objections have been considered and resolved.

Reasons for decision:

Recommendations (i), (ii) and (iii) are made to enable the
implementation of the parking layout for the High Street, which is
essential to enable the public realm improvements to take
place.

The Proposed parking plan
results from consultations with key stakeholders. Traffic
Regulation orders are required to implement the plan and Local
Committee approval is required to advertise the TROs.

The Transportation Planning
Officer explained that the Council had received Local Economic
Partnership (LEP) funding to improve the public realm in Camberley
and the report outlined the changes to be made to the High
Street. The improvements would
reduce parking, but instead provided loading bays, time limited
bays, taxi ranks and disabled parking spaces. Additional taxi ranks were to be installed
elsewhere to support the night-time economy.

The Local Committee (Surrey
Heath) agreed that:

(i)A notice is advertised in accordance with
the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effects of which will be
to allow the implementation of a parking scheme in accordance with
the plan shown at Appendix 1 (with the amendment of the
5 disabled bays to allow 3 on the Post Office side and 2 on the
other side of the road).

(ii)Any objections to the traffic regulation
order should be considered and resolved by the Chairman, Vice-
Chairman and the Local Divisional Member in consultation with the
Transport development Planning Team Leader (West), and that this
issue only be returned to Committee if any objections prove
insurmountable.

(iii)The Order be made once any objections had
been considered and resolved.

Reasons for decision:

Recommendations (i), (ii) and (iii) are made to enable the
implementation of the parking layout for the High Street, which is
essential to enable the public realm improvements to take
place.

The Proposed parking plan
results from consultations with key stakeholders. Traffic
Regulation orders are required to implement the plan and Local
Committee approval is required to advertise the TROs.

This
report provides an update on the status of each School Travel Plan
for schools in Surrey Heath, as well as the take up of activities
offered to schools by the county council’s Safer Travel and
Cycle Training Teams over the last academic year. It also
highlights those schools that have expanded are required to
complete an accredited School Travel Plan as a condition of
planning consent.

Minutes:

Declarations of Interest:
None

Officers attending: Edward Cowley,
SCC

Petitions, Public Questions,
Statements: None

The Officer outlined the
contents of the report. Members were
very supportive of the School travel plans, but noted the
following:-

The need to address the parking
/ school planning policy as one size fits all does not
work. Councillors wanted a pick up /
drop off facility at Deepcut school and
the developer was prepared to pay for this, but the policy would
not support it.

Modern life means that parents
need to drop off children on the way to work and this needs to be
addressed.

Idling engines created air
quality hot spots around school pick up areas, especially fumes
from busses and this needed to be addressed for the children and
local residents.

The Local Committee (Surrey
Heath) noted:

(i)The county council’s Safer Travel
Team will continue to encourage and support all Surrey’s
expansion schools to complete and maintain their School Travel Plan
using the online Modeshift STARS
system.

(ii)From 2018/19, the Safer Travel Team will also
encourage all Surrey’s schools to create a School Travel Plan
using the online Modeshift STARS
accreditation system. This will involve promotion and the offer of
training and support to all schools

(iii)Members are invited to assist by encouraging schools
to sign up to Modeshift STARS, and to
take up the activities offered by the Safer Travel and Cycle
Training Teams to improve road safety and encourage sustainable
travel.